Bow with pivotal arrow quiver

ABSTRACT

A bow quiver construction for attachment to a bow. The construction includes a pair of attaching members and means for securing these members to the strip of the bow on opposite sides of the handgrip. Additional arrow holding members are pivotally connected to the attaching members, and means are defined by the arrow holding members for removably holding arrows. The arrow holding members are movable between two positions with the arrows being carried with the members and whereby the bow can be operated in one position while in the other position, the arrows are moved out of the way to permit stringing of the bow.

United States Patent n11 3,595,214

[72] Inventors Richard J. ()Malley 3.017.874 1/1962 Gubash v H 124/23 Chicago, 1",; 3,108,725 10/1963 Ramsey 224/115 Ronald N. Kolpin, Berlin, Wis, 3.465928 9/1969 Osterholm 224/1 .5 UX I p s 7923245 Primary Examiner-Richard C Pinkham ggf Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne [73] Assign Kolpin Bros. luc- Anorney McDougaIl, Hersh, Scott & Ladd Berlin, Wis.

[54] BOW WITH PIVOTAL ARROW QUIVER 8 Claims v Drawing Figs. ABSTRACT: A bow quiver construction for attachment to a bow. The construction includes a pair of attaching members [52] U. S. Cl 124/24, and means f securing these members to the strip f the bow 124/30 R on opposite sides of the handgrip. Additional arrow holding lnl. member are ivotally connected to the attaching n e nbe s of 22, and mean a e defined the arrow members for 4], 24; 224/15 removably holding arrows. The arrow holding members are movable between two positions with the arrows being carried [56] References cued with the members and whereby the bow can be operated in UNITED STATES PATENTS one position while in the other position, the arrows are moved 2,980,305 4/1961 Reese v 224/15 UX out of the way to permit stringing of the bow.

BOW WITH PIVOTAL ARROW QUIVER This invention relates to a bow quiver construction of the type adapted to be directly attached to a bow.

The bow quiver constructions which can be attached to the bow have previously been proposed. Such constructions are described in the following US. Pats: No. 2,464,068, Mar. 8, I949 to Bear; No. 2,575,126, Nov. 13, 1951 to Ramsey; No. 2,802,61 l, Aug. 13, I957 to Jenkins et al.; No. 2,8l6,696, Dec. 17, 1957 to Stockfleth; No. 2,954,764, Oct. 4, 1960 to Stinson; No. 2,969,898, Jan. 31, 1961 to Ramsey; No. 2,980,305, Apr. 18, I961 to Reese; No. 3,017,874, .Ian. 23, I962 to Gubash; No. 3,066,665, Dec. 4, 1962 to Reilly; No. 3,116,730, .Ian. 7, 1964 to Tingley; No. 3,209,740, Oct. 5, 1965 to I-Iauch. These constructions provide means for attachment of end portions which engage the strip of the bow and arrow holding portions. A plurality of openings are usually formed in the arrow holding portions for gripping arrows.

Problems have been encountered with previous bow quiver constructions of the type referred to. The mounting of the bow quivers has resulted in an imbalance in the construction thereby affecting the accuracy of the bow. In addition, it has been found that, with certain bow designs, prior bow quivers must be removed from the bow during stringing since the bow quiver interferred with the flexing of the bow. Finally, the prior constructions left the tips and feathered ends of the arrows exposed whereby handling was somewhat dangerous and the possibility of damaging the arrows was increased.

It is a general object of this invention to provide an improved bow quiver construction which overcomes the disadvantages of prior art constructions.

It is a more specific object of this invention to provide a bow quiver construction which does not significantly affect the balance of the construction and which can be adjusted to permit stringing of the bow without the necessity of removing the quiver.

These and other objects of this invention will appear hereinafter, and for purposes of illustration, but not of limitation, specific embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation'ofa bow and quiver characterized by the features of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view takenabout the lines 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken about the line 3-3 of FIG. I;

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken about the line 4-4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an alternative arrow holding portion of the quiver construction; f

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a spring clip suitable for use in conjunction with the invention;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary front elevational view of an alternative form of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a further alternative form of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary view of a still further alternative form of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a guard construction for the arrow tips;

FIG. I1 is a perspective view ofa guard construction for the arrow feathers; and,

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the arrow holding means illustrated in FIG. 5.

The bow quiver construction of this invention includes first and second attaching members carrying means for direct association of the attaching members to the strip of the bow on opposite sides of the hand grip. Arrow holding portions are pivotally secured to the attaching members whereby the arrow holding portions can be moved between an operating position whereby the bow can be effectively used for shooting arrows, and a second position whereby the bow quiver will not interfere with stringing of the bow.

The construction shown in FIG. 1 comprises a how 10 defining a strip 12 and a hand grip portion [4. A bow string 16 is adapted to be secured at the opposite ends 18 of the strip.

The bow quiver construction shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 comprises an attaching member 20 which defines a slot 22.

The slot 22 is dimensioned for receiving the strip 12. As best shown in 'FIG. 1, the attaching members 20 are secured immediately adjacent the thicker cross section of the bow so that a minimum of bending will occur during stringing and use of the bow. This minimizes the possibility of the quiver interfering with the normal operation of the bow.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the attaching members 20 are preferably secured to the bow strip by means ofa spring clip 24. The spring clip consists of end portions 26 which can be spread apart for insertion into a hole in the member 20 immediately adjacent the slot 22. The other end 28 of the clip is adapted to be received in one of the grooves 30 defined on the opposite side of the slot 22. A pair of grooves is provided to accommodate different strip sizes.

The bow quiver also includes arrow holding portions 32 pivotally connected at 34 to the attaching members 20. The arrow holding portions define a plurality of slots 35 with the entrance ends 36 of the slots being narrower than the arrow diameters so that the arrows will be snapped into place to pro vide a secure grip. In this connection, the arrow holding portion is preferably formed of a relatively flexible material, for examplehard rubber, to provide the desired gripping of the arrows. The attaching members 20 may also be formed of such material, particularly if the slot 22 is of slightly reduced dimension to provide a snug fit relative to the strip 12.

The construction shown'in FIG. 7 provides essentially the same attaching member 20. In this instance, however, the upper arrow holding ortion comprises a structure 32' as shown in FIGS. 5 and 12. This structure excludes the peripheral arrow holding slots 35 whereby the shafts of the arrows will simply bear against the edge 38. A post 40 extends upwardly from the surface of the members 32!, and this post supports an arrow tip guard 42. The arrow tip guard effectively holdsthe arrows in position in combination-with the lower arrow holding portion 32.

In the arrangement shown in FIG. 8, the post for holding the guard 42 comprises an elongated post 44 which extends downwardly for connection with the arrow holding portion 32. This provides even greater stability in the construction.

FIG. 9 illustrates a further alternative wherein the supporting post includes a downwardly extending portion 46 having a feather guard 48 attached thereto. As shown in FIG. I], the feather guard comprises a channel shaped member with the back sidewalls effectively shielding the feathers from contact with surrounding objects.

In the use of the construction of this invention, the arrow holding portions 32 are positioned as shown in FIG. 3. With this arrangement, the portions 32 are located out of the line of fire of an arrow with the longitudinal axis of 32 in a plane substantially parallel with a plane defined between the strip and bow string. It will be noted that the arrows and holding portions 32 are located behind the strip 12 so that there is a minimum amount of imbalance in the arrangement. It has been found that the better balance achieved with the construction of this invention provides a significant improvement in accuracy when the construction is compared with designs having the arrows positioned at the front of the strip.

When the arrow holding portions 32 are pivoted outwardly to a position with their longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the plane defined between the strip and bow string, the bow can be strung without difficulty. It is well known that bows of the type shown must be securely braced, usually by engaging the strip between the legs, and in the absence of the arrangement provided by this invention, the bow quiver'will interfere with proper bracing. With certain prior constructions, it is actually necessary to remove the bow quiver in order to string the bow.

The constructions of this invention also readily accommodates the tip and feather guards illustrated. These guards can be secured by means of the posts without in any way interfering with the pivotal action. Thus, the guards will pivot with the arrows without difficulty.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the construction of this invention which provide the characteristics of the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention particularly as described in the following claims.

We claim:

1. In a bow quiver construction of the type adapted to be attached to a bow, said construction comprising a bow having bow strip, arrows for said how, bow string, and a hand grip on said bow, first and second attaching members, each of said attaching members comprising connecting portions having means for connecting the attaching members to the bow strip, said means connecting said attaching members at respective points above and below the hand grip of said how, and second arrow holding portions of said attaching members, said arrow holding portions being pivotally connected to the connecting portions with their respective pivot axes extending substan tially parallel with the string of the bow, said arrow holding portions having means for releasably retaining a plurality of arrows with the arrows in said arrow holding portions extending substantially parallel to said how string, said arrow holding portions having a first position relative to said how whereat the longitudinal axis of the arrow holding portions with the retained arrows is perpendicular to the plane defined by the bow strip and the string whereby the arrow holding portions and arrows will not interfere with stringing of the bow. and said arrow holding portions having a second position relative to the bow whereat the longitudinal axis of the arrow holding portions with retained arrows is parallel to the plane of the bow strip and the string, said pivot connection connecting the arrow holding portions and attaching members for pivoting only said arrow holding portions in a plane transverse to the plane of the bow strip and the string about said pivot axes to move the arrow holding portions between said first position and said second position and said pivotal connection holding the attaching member and the arrow holding portion in substantially identical planes.

2. A construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein said attaching members and arrow holding portions comprise sheet members, said attaching sheet members defining slots for receiving said bow strip, and clips for securing said strip in said slots.

3. A construction in accordance with claim I wherein said arrow holding portions are formed of flexible materials, and arrow shaft openings defined by said portions, said openings having reduced diameter portions for resiliently holding the arrow shafts.

4. A construction in accordance with claim 1 including a supporting bar extending between and connected to said arrow holding portions.

5. A construction in accordance with claim 1 including a guard member for receiving the tips of arrows held by the quiver, and a supporting bar extending from one ofsaid arrow holding portions for supporting said guard member on said one arrow holding potion whereby said guard member pivots with said one arrow holding portion.

6. A construction in accordance with claim 5 wherein said one arrow holding portion defines a side edge against which the shafts of said arrows rest, and wherein the other arrow holding portion defines openings for gripping the arrow shafts.

7. A construction in accordance with claim 6 including a feather guard attached to the other arrow holding portion, and wherein said supporting bar extends from said arrow guard member to each of said arrow holding portions and then to said feather guard.

8. A construction in accordance with claim 3 wherein said arrow shaft openings are formed on the edge of said arrow holding portions remote from said plane. 

1. In a bow quiver construction of the type adapted to be attached to a bow, said construction comprising a bow having bow strip, arrows for said bow, bow string, and a hand grip on said bow, first and second attaching members, each of said attaching members comprising connecting portions having means for connecting the attaching members to the bow strip, said means connecting said attaching members at respective points above and below the hand grip of said bow, and second arrow holding portions of said attaching members, said arrow holding portions being pivotally connected to the connecting portions with their respective pivot axes extending substantially parallel with the string of the bow, said arrow holding portions having means for releasably retaining a plurality of arrows with the arrows in said arrow holding portions extending substantially parallel to said bow string, said arrow holding portions having a first position relative to said bow whereat the longitudinal axis of the arrow holding portions with the retained arrows is perpendicular to the plane defined by the bow strip and the string whereby the arrow holding portions and arrows will not interfere with stringing of the bow, and said arrow holding portions having a second position relative to the bow whereat the longitudinal axis of the arrow holding portions with retained arrows is parallel to the plane of the bow strip and the string, said pivot connection connecting the arrow holding portions and attaching members for pivoting only said arrow holding portions in a plane transverse to the plane of the bow strip and the string about said pivot axes to move the arrow holding portions between said first position and said second position and said pivotal connection holding the attaching member and the arrow holding portion in substantially identical planes.
 2. A construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein said attaching members and arrow holding portions comprise sheet members, said attaching sheet members defining slots for receiving said bow strip, anD clips for securing said strip in said slots.
 3. A construction in accordance with claim 1 wherein said arrow holding portions are formed of flexible materials, and arrow shaft openings defined by said portions, said openings having reduced diameter portions for resiliently holding the arrow shafts.
 4. A construction in accordance with claim 1 including a supporting bar extending between and connected to said arrow holding portions.
 5. A construction in accordance with claim 1 including a guard member for receiving the tips of arrows held by the quiver, and a supporting bar extending from one of said arrow holding portions for supporting said guard member on said one arrow holding potion whereby said guard member pivots with said one arrow holding portion.
 6. A construction in accordance with claim 5 wherein said one arrow holding portion defines a side edge against which the shafts of said arrows rest, and wherein the other arrow holding portion defines openings for gripping the arrow shafts.
 7. A construction in accordance with claim 6 including a feather guard attached to the other arrow holding portion, and wherein said supporting bar extends from said arrow guard member to each of said arrow holding portions and then to said feather guard.
 8. A construction in accordance with claim 3 wherein said arrow shaft openings are formed on the edge of said arrow holding portions remote from said plane. 